Genesis 18:3:10Gen.18.3.W10TAB
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-DE-kha
- Extended
- ahv-DEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕav.ˈdɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL av-DE-kha
- clause
a-do-NAI im-NA ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-ei-NE-kha al-NA ta-a-VOR me-AL av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI im-NA ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-ei-NE-kha al-NA ta-a-VOR me-AL av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The phrase me-al avdeka {מֵעַל עַבְדֶּךָ | mē-ʿal ʿaḇ-de-kā} “from upon your servant” emphasizes Abraham’s humility. The translation preserves the protasis–apodosis structure and layered entreaty by rendering na with “please.”
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“servant, slave”
In context — Genesis 18:3
And he said, “My Lord , if now I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:3, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ (avdekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.18.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.3.W10.S1) and character.